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Introduction

The main objective of this interdisciplinary course HS8803/COA8823/CS8803 is to design and develop the health care center of the future and specifically on designing the Onsite Health Center of the future. This course is sponsored by Comprehensive Health Services, a a leader in the design, implementation, and management of occupational health services, and national provider of Onsite Health Centers and NCR, a global technology company leading how the world connects, interacts and transacts with business. .

Here is the course flyer * check out the "Current Events" tab on the left for a list of Course members.

The course is mainly intended for the students to

1. To experience and learn techniques for successful interdisciplinary design

2. To be exposed to the unique challenges of healthcare design

3. To learn the importance of environment in the healing process

4. To understand the roles and skills of multiple disciplines in the design process including: the architect, the systems engineer, computer/technology engineer, and the clinician

Final Project Report

A lighting system that automatically adjusts the lights in an encounter/exam room to the appropriate settings based on the comfort needs of the patient and the task performed by the clinician. Team: Mugdha Barve, Pei-Lin Liao, Ekta Nagar

Editing this Wiki

Students are encouraged to update this wiki regularly, by editing and uploading relevant information. Before doing that you are advised to read the User's Guide about wiki editing.

To have a track of who is editing what ? all students should create a new account before accessing this wiki. You can do so by clicking on the create an account or log in link at the top-right of every page. When you make edits, please use the "preview" feature to make sure your changes are final, and then don't forget to save. Use the "edit summary" to describe what you did and why. One should ensure that their additions reflect a positive collaboration in the interest of the course.

Writing for Wikipedia articles is a bit different from writing on a standard word processor. Instead of a strict "what you see is what you get" approach, wiki uses simple text codes for formatting. The approach is similar to that used in writing HTML for web pages, but the codes are simpler. The MediaWiki help is a great place to start learning about all the features available.

For the new users, please read the editing guidelines of Wikipedia for the guidelines regarding the Style and the Contents, Heading and subheadings and topics on how to handle the links and images to our wiki.